WorkingHard:
I sometimes wonder about anotherthing? He appears to be a controlling supervisor who works for a company that:
1. Classifies the majority of lower en-route UK airspace as Class A therefore prohibiting VFR operation, i.e. the majority of GA.
2. Consequently says routing VFR at FL90 over the London TMA is impossible on a clear VMC day, despite exactly the same route conducted IFR as being completely possible.
3. Levies an Air Navigation Service charge of 128.34 + VAT for two-seater light aircraft flying into Stansted, despite their runway being empty a lot of the time.
4. Charges Night or IFR flights for GA non-commercial MTOW > 2T aircraft, even when they are flown OCAS and cannot get receipt of any service.
5. Paid out some £50m in dividends to shareholders in 2012.
He also likes to play the "GA does not pay" card when "non-paying" people discuss about preceived safety improvements, despite money being paid through taxes to prop up LARS, government/council-owned airports, the military, and other aviation-related business initiatives.
The fact remains that joined up radar services exist on practically every other country where GA is developed - if you don't fly too low. The main difference is that the route is not "blocked" by over-classification of controlled airspace.